Joined by Steve Sampaio, Andrew Padre Cura, Gary Mares, Fabio Andrade, and Mario Cortinhas, we talk about dream projects, industry issues, economic slowdown, immigration and commercialization in the Azores, Portuguese traditions. We finish off this episode with rapid fire Q&A on this episode of The Construction Life Podcast.

Find Gary Mares of Mares Carpentry @MaresCarpentry. Reach out at MaresCarpentry@gmail.com and 416-418-6444.

Find Fabio Andrade of FNA Custom Woodworking @Fabio.Andrade51. Reach out at Fabio.Andrade.fa69@gmail.com.

Find Andrew Padre Cura of Azores Construction at AzoresConstruction.ca and @AndCura. Reach out at andrew@azoresconstruction.ca and 519 277-2702.

Find Mario Cortinhas @uncle_joao. Reach out at MarioCortinhas@hotmail.com.

Find Steve Sampaio of Vintage Ideas at VintageIdeas.ca and @VintageIdeasltd. Reach out at Steve@VintageIdeas.ca.

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